Farah & Watts Charged with Striking

If the refs had sinbinned Watts at the first instance the second fight wouldn't have happenned.
Farah had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
Even Shayne Hayne knew it.
 
yeah he should fight it, the refs should have binned watts, which would have probably avoided the get square
 
Is it possible to find out why we got the penalty? Because if we got it because Watts threw the first punch in the second scrum, then surely Robbie is innocent. I suspect the real reason we got the penalty was because the ref was unable to penalise Watts for the first scrum.

And what did the ref mean by what he said to Robbie as the second scrum packed down? Was he giving Robbie the go-ahead to exact revenge as long as he got it over with quickly?
 
@LARDS said:
If the refs had sinbinned Watts at the first instance the second fight wouldn't have happenned.
Farah had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
Even Shayne Hayne knew it.
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Exactly what my Mrs said tonight.
 
@smeghead said:
The message here is

Two props fighting it toe to toe in Origin is ok

A hooker getting square for a blindside king hit in the next scrum is a breech of the rules.

It was sorted on the field
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They loosen the rules quite considerably for Origin.

They're going the wrong way, they should make the rules as strict as possible if Origin is really a test of the best of the best.
 
Gee the Cowboys fans are idiots. Should read the dribble they are going on with on LU.

They're not the smartest bunch are they?
 
@Paris Cobbs said:
Is it possible to find out why we got the penalty? Because if we got it because Watts threw the first punch in the second scrum, then surely Robbie is innocent. I suspect the real reason we got the penalty was because the ref was unable to penalise Watts for the first scrum.

And what did the ref mean by what he said to Robbie as the second scrum packed down? Was he giving Robbie the go-ahead to exact revenge as long as he got it over with quickly?
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According to LU's match report:

27 min: Penalty - Tigers. High shot by Watts. STINK! It's on here in the scrum as Farah and Watts and the rest of the forwards get stuck into each other. "This will be short and sweet" says Hayne before the scrum packs, predicting the blue.

Makes you think that Farah may have a chance if he fights the charge (they wont risk it though) and also the fact that the refs knew it was going to happen.
 
As much as I hate to say it and as angry as it makes me feel I think Robbie just has to plead guilty…

We know its utter bullcrap, theres no doubt about that, but every match for us now is must win and he is crucial to our side, we have to just swallow our pride and cop it on the chin so that he can play.

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I thought the whole thing was settled on the field. No one was kicked in the head or Ko'd.
The young bloke from the Cowboys learned a very tough lesson about self control but I don't understand how charges are coming from it.
 
I'm clearly in the minority here but I really don't mind.

Sure it was good to see but as has been said countless times, these blokes are role models to children. Children should be taught the value of walking away from a fight. Watts has got a harder penalty that Robbie anyway.

Punching somebody, whether or not it's as reprisal is not in the spirit of any game except a martial art. Robbie is guilty of beating the heck out of a guy. He has been given the option of taking it on the chin and escaping suspension. Watts, who is the villain here moreso, has been given an equally fair punishment.

There is nothing to be said here. I think the real difference between this and the origin fight was that the Origin one was one incident. Over with after the blokes saw red. This one was premeditated on both sides imo.
 
Headaches nursed by Watts, Cowboys coach
By Laine Clark AAP
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A headache worse than the one a "battered and bruised" Anthony Watts was clearly nursing on Monday faces North Queensland coach Neil Henry, even if his club successfully emerges from the NRL judiciary this week.
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Cowboys rake Watts has been charged with grade two striking after his running battle with Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah in North Queensland's loss on Sunday.
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He will miss one game with an early plea but a guilty verdict at the judiciary would out him for two.
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Cowboys football manager Dean Lance said the club would decide on Tuesday whether to fight the charge.
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**However, even if Watts is cleared, the hooker may battle to be fit for North Queensland's Saturday night clash with Penrith after emerging worse for wear from his feud with Farah** that earned the Wests Tigers skipper a lesser striking charge.
**Lance said Watts had not pulled up well on Monday, with one eye completely closed.**
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Losing Watts either to the judiciary or injury would be a nightmare for Henry who is already without No.1 hooker and vice-captain Aaron Payne (pectoral) and his understudy Clint Amos (knee) for the season.
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Watts earned the ire of Farah - and the match review committee - in his first full game replacing Payne who'd been told he would miss the rest of 2009 after going down in his milestone 150th game for the Cowboys.
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"It's an important position, certainly with two already down," Lance said of their hooker crisis.
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"That was the first game he (Watts) had started at hooker and we thought he had done really well so it's disappointing.
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"It is going to make it tough (if they are without Watts).
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"But we will get on and do the work we have to do and see what we will do at the judiciary."
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Lance would not comment on whether Watts would be fit for the Panthers clash if he beat his striking charge, saying they were still concentrating on the judiciary matter.
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**But clearly Watts was battling.\
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"He's bruised and battered, one eye is closed," Lance said.\
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"He's what you expect he would look like after something like that."**
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Lance also would not be drawn on what he thought of Farah earning a lesser striking charge.
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"That's the grading he has been given, that was for the match review committee to decide," he said.
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"But we will decide tomorrow on what we will do (with Watts). We are working on it as we speak."
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Farah was charged with grade one striking for punching Watts at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday.
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The Cowboys hooker punched Farah in a 24th minute scrum before the Wests Tigers skipper launched a retaliatory strike in the next scrum two minutes later.
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But an early guilty plea will clear Farah to play against Canberra on Sunday.
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He will miss one game should he contest the charge and fail.
 
@MacDougall said:
I'm clearly in the minority here but I really don't mind.

Sure it was good to see but as has been said countless times, these blokes are role models to children. Children should be taught the value of walking away from a fight. Watts has got a harder penalty that Robbie anyway.

Punching somebody, whether or not it's as reprisal is not in the spirit of any game except a martial art. Robbie is guilty of beating the heck out of a guy. He has been given the option of taking it on the chin and escaping suspension. Watts, who is the villain here moreso, has been given an equally fair punishment.

There is nothing to be said here. I think the real difference between this and the origin fight was that the Origin one was one incident. Over with after the blokes saw red. This one was premeditated on both sides imo.
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I agree - if I want to watch a fight there are plenty of options. I teach my kids that hitting someone is the wrong thing to do unless it is a sporting fight with rules that people stick too.

I can understand Robbie cracking him - he got hit with a bad cheap shot - however imo that should have been dealt with a lot earlier.

I watch league to watch league not spastics punching each other when the other guy isn't ready.
 
@MacDougall said:
I'm clearly in the minority here but I really don't mind.

Sure it was good to see but as has been said countless times, these blokes are role models to children. Children should be taught the value of walking away from a fight. Watts has got a harder penalty that Robbie anyway.
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I don't know about you but i'd like my kids to stand up for themselves as long as they don't start fights, I have no problem with them finishing them…
 
@Tiger_Al said:
@MacDougall said:
I'm clearly in the minority here but I really don't mind.

Sure it was good to see but as has been said countless times, these blokes are role models to children. Children should be taught the value of walking away from a fight. Watts has got a harder penalty that Robbie anyway.

I don't know about you but i'd like my kids to stand up for themselves as long as they don't start fights, I have no problem with them finishing them…
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Only if there is no other action they can take. If there are other ways they can get revenge other than succumbing to being a brute, then I suppose they must. I'd rather them make the kid look like an idiot in front of the whole school with some devious scheme, that' d make me way prouder. I'd rather my child learn to solve problems with means other than throwing their fists around.
 
There is nothing to be said here. I think the real difference between this and the origin fight was that <big>the Origin one was one incident.</bigOver with after the blokes saw red. This one was premeditated on both sides imo.

Hardly.
More than one incident and I dare say will carry over to next year.
 
@MacDougall said:
@Tiger_Al said:
@MacDougall said:
I'm clearly in the minority here but I really don't mind.

Sure it was good to see but as has been said countless times, these blokes are role models to children. Children should be taught the value of walking away from a fight. Watts has got a harder penalty that Robbie anyway.

I don't know about you but i'd like my kids to stand up for themselves as long as they don't start fights, I have no problem with them finishing them…

Only if there is no other action they can take. If there are other ways they can get revenge other than succumbing to being a brute, then I suppose they must. I'd rather them make the kid look like an idiot in front of the whole school with some devious scheme, that' d make me way prouder. I'd rather my child learn to solve problems with means other than throwing their fists around.
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Fair enough, but you were saying Robbie is a role model its more difficult to do that type of thing on the footy field… in the end Robbie did both with his try at the end of the match, so I think he is still a great role model...
 
No doubt. He wasn't given much other option really. He actually did it in the spirit of that particular match I suppose. Unfortunate but true. I imagine that's being taken into consideration in giving him a lesser penalty.
 
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